00:00You know, I definitely think that last point about sharing your story is so important because in 2019, October 2019, I lost my kid full term and almost died as a result of pregnancy and it impacted my life.
00:14So it was a very tough situation. All the PTSD, the healing and, you know, having to go through the whole death process was very traumatizing for me.
00:25And being the only woman in a Tennessee house at a childbearing ages, I felt is my obligation to bring more awareness and policy change to making sure black women like myself don't have to experience near death or our children don't have to die because we want to bring children in this world.
00:43The black maternal health crisis is something that my legislators were hearing and they'll say, oh, you know, we're pro-life.
00:50And but until you see it and it's going to happen to one of your own.
00:53Now you understand how big of an issue this is in Tennessee when black women are three times more likely to die than white women from pregnancy related complications.
01:03And our children are three times more likely to die, which all of these are 100 percent preventable.
01:09And so I push these these pieces of legislation in order to do something about it.
01:14Not only do we have to ask those questions in a doctor's office and hold them accountable, but we also got to make sure our government and policy is implemented.
01:23That's going to hold them accountable and making sure we put parameters in place to keep black women safe through the birthing process.
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